21 Oct 1899
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1899
Page
1
M Anguste the Alsatian organist, newly elated by success and wealth, seeks a wife with the minister's wife’s help. After a long social quest with several candidates, he faces doubt about finding a match. A poor young girl offers a glimmer of hope as he returns to music and dream.
A prominent city lawyer faces a tense home scene after his wife suspects infidelity. A neighbor overhears the accusation, and the husband devises a plan using their young daughter as a witness. The ruse clears him, leaving a cool, lingering tension between the couple. A separate note recalls a zoo tale of two apes finding affection in captivity.
An in instructive note suggests stopping nosebleeds by packing an inch square blotting paper rolled to the size of a lead pencil and inserted into the bleeding nostril. The improvised aid, placed between the tube and the nose, is said to quickly constrict the flow of blood.
Sioux Falls Argus recounts a Vermilion anecdote about the term blizzard arising in the 19th century. A Peake Swiss bell ringers party describes a sudden storm while traveling from Yankton toward Sioux City, illustrating one of the territory’s fiercest blizzards and the era’s weather lore.
An elderly man in Portland Oregon gazes at a display of Bibles and explains to a stroller that he has read the Bible through eleven times. He recalls a Sunday sermon text he search read to justify repeated reading and says the Bible is all right. The exchange ends with the man recounting his lifelong habit and discovery.
A description of an unusual shark egg notes pillow like shape with long horned feelers at corners, about two inches long, black color and a flexible feathery covering. The egg lacks a true shell and uses the elastic outer covering to wind around seaweed. One shark variety lays 18 eggs in April, drifting until December when juveniles emerge.
A collection of clipped quips and trivia notes references odd appetites and animal feats. It cites a satirical remark on politeness, a record of pests and a field mouse, an owl and worms, and jokes about a military cook and his wife. It notes Charles Darwin’s health and the Ottoman Empire’s carrier pigeon use in the 14th century.
In a spirited exchange Mosely Wrags tells Mrs. Smith he is busy and looking for a job. A Baltimore Jewish Comment remark contrasts charity biases when considering who benefits, quoted in the Philadelphia Times.
A fragmentary poem by Alice Lera Cole appears in Century magazine. It contemplates departure and memory with nautical and fairy tale imagery, referencing a bonny lad, a galleon, chalice, and distant palaces as it laments a lost person and the passage of summer. The voice questions fate and happiness, ending with a reflective line about life’s sweetness and optimism.
A New York editor promoted a Sunday Special on famous reporters and assigned a top reporter to interview Mark Twain. Twain declined a full interview and, when pressed, cited the one thing behind his literary success as losing his job as a young reporter.
A Cincinnati Enquirer note explains dead spots on skin as tiny nerves absent or nonfunctional. It claims most people would feel only 60 to 70 needle pricks when blindfolded and prodded on one arm, while the rest would strike senseless spots.
An official ridicules the river and harbor bill asking Congress for money to improve tiny streams. He recalls Grant’s indifference to such funds and a Virginian’s attempt to obtain dredging, ending with a quip about crossing the stream in 1864 and macadamizing it. The Washington Post report preserves the anecdote in period voice.
In a Memphis Scimitar described scene from long ago, Daniel Boone sits astride his horse atop bluffs near the custom house, gun in hand, gazing toward the west across the Mississippi. Tradition says ten men needed to hold him from wading across the river.
An anxious mother asks if George ever hinted the girl could be his wife. She replies no with a faraway look, then the daughter interrupts, noting George’s odd drowsiness last night about nine. The exchange reveals concern and uncertainty in a tense domestic moment.
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